Roman Guide for conquests
The Roman Empire at 218 BC at the outbreak of the Second Punic War
Changes effected by First Punic War:
Conquest of Sicily, except for Syracusan territory - 241 BC
Annexation of Corsica - 238 BC
Annexation of Sardinia - 238 BC
The Roman Empire at 100 BC
Changes effected by Second Punic War:
Conquest of Syracuse, complete control of Sicily - 211 BC
Conquest of Carthaginian Spain - 206 BC
Creation of Hispania Citerior (Nearer Spain) - 197 BC
Creation of Hispania Ulterior (Further Spain) - 197 BC
Conquest of Macedonia - 148 BC
Conquest of Greece, incorporated into Macedonia - 146 BC
Conquest of Carthage, creation of province of Africa - 146 BC
Inheritance of the kingdom of Pergamum (Province of Asia) - 133 BC (129 BC)
Conquest of Illyricum (possibly incorporated into Macedonia at first) - 129 BC
Conquest of Balearic Islands, incorporated into Hispania Citerior - 123 BC
Conquest of Gallia Transalpina (Narbonensis) - 121 BC
Conquest of Cilicia - 102 BC
The Roman Empire at 44 BC at the death of Caesar
Inheritance of Cyrenaica - 96 BC
Creation of the Province of Gallia Cisalpina - ca. 81 BC
Inheritance of Bithynia - 74/75 BC
Pompey drives military road across Alps at Mont Genevre to support war against Sertorius in Spain - 70's BC
Creation of joint province of Creta and Cyrenaica - 66 BC
Effects of Spanish Wars
continued expansion of Spanish provinces of Hispania Citerior and Ulterior
Effects of Pompey's Eastern Campaign
Conquest of Pontus - 66 BC
Annexation of Syria - 64 BC
Creation of joint province of Bithynia and Pontus - 64 BC
Annexation of Cyprus 58 BC
Effects of Caesar's Gallic Campaign
Conquest of Gaul and creation of the provinces of:
Aquitania, Celtica and Belgica - 51 BC
The Roman Empire at 14 AD at the death of Augustus
Effects of Civil War between Augustus and Antoninus & Cleopatra
Annexation of Egypt - 30 BC
Creation of Achaea, including Epirus (separated from Macedonia) - 27 BC
Reorganization of provincial borders in Gaul - 27 BC
Belgica and Aquitania re-sized, Celtica henceforth known as Lugdunensis, creation of 'military zones' of Germania Superior and Inferior
Galatia annexed - 25 BC
Effects of Spanish Wars
complete control of Spain gained
Hispania Citerior henceforth is known as (Hispania) Tarraconensis - 25 BC
Hispania Ulterior is split into provinces of Baetica and Lusitania - 13 BC
Effects of Alpine Campaigns
Alpine passes cleared of hostile tribes and bandits - 15/14 BC Creation of the province of Alpes Maritimae - 14 BC
Creation of the Province of Alpes Poeninae et Graiae - 14 BC (although possibly as late as Claudius)
'Cottian' Alps left under allied tribal chief, King Cottius
Effects of Danubian Campaigns
Conquest of Raetia - 15 BC
Conquest of Noricum - 16 BC
Conquest of Pannonia - 12 BC
Conquest of Moesia - some when prior to AD 6
Annexation of Judaea - AD 6
Effects of German campaign
German territories (Germania Magna) pacified as far as the Elbe AD 5, but abandoned in light of the
disastrous defeat of three legions in AD 9
The Roman Empire at AD 54 at the death of Claudius
Cappadocia and Commagene annexed as province of Cappadocia - AD 17
Annexation of Mauretania - AD 40
Creation of Provinces of Mauretania Tingitana and Caesariensis - AD 42
Invasion of Britain - AD 43
Annexation of Lycia & Pamphylia - AD 43
Annexation of Thracia - AD 46
The Roman Empire in AD 116. The empire at its largest extent
Annexation of Alpes Cottiae - AD 64/65
Annexation of the Agri Decumates - AD 74
Division of Moesia into two provinces in about AD 85; superior (upper) and inferior (lower)
Annexation of the kingdom of Nabatea as Province of Arabia Petra - AD 105 or 106
Conquest of Dacia - AD 106
Division of Pannonia into two provinces in AD 107; superior (upper) and inferior (lower)
Annexation of Armenia - AD 114
Conquest of Mesopotamia - AD 116
Conquest of Assyria - AD 116
Note: At the death of Trajan in AD 117 southern Mesopotamia was already lost to the enemy again.
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